Erin McCarley is probably most well known for a song that was featured on all of the promotional material for the movie “He’s Just Not That Into You”. That song was called “Love, Save the Empty” and it is also the title for the album she recently released. That …

No Pride is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Insomniac. The track opens up with a quick guitar rhythm comprised of the famous pattern of three power chords played on a heavily distorted guitar. Despite the predictable opening, one thing I do like about the …

Artist: Mase
Video: “Welcome Back”
Album: Welcome Back
Director: Chris Robinson.
After five years of retirement from the music business to devote his life to God and spread the word of the bible, Mase decided to return back to music and released “Welcome Back” - the first single and music video from Mase’s …

This is actually the first time I’ll be reviewing a “rap” song. So I decided I’d go a rather different these days because I need to expand my music horizon. Every day I have been doing the same routine, listening to Alternative, Indie, Dark-Pop, Heavy-Beat, Contry and EDM music, …

Saliva is one cool music group with a whole lot of talent. First off these guys look like true blue rockers and the lead singer has such an awesome rocker look to himself but his. He is often sporting a cool looking goatee and in fashionable rocker clothes. His …

Starting with the album title, this CD has all the markings of a band that is representing a 12-step program. But, do not let that deter you from one of the best albums ever. Yes, I said ever.
Opening with “The Package”, Maynard (the lead singer), …

Sometimes, the best things are found in the strangest of places. From the midst of the often incredibly angsty underground music scene comes a completely unexpected ray of sunshine in the form of a band with a typically ironic name — Cheap Seats.
The band at first glance is rather …

In the nineteen nineties, one of the most popular rock groups was an Irish rock band called “The Cranberries”. The first time I heard of them though was not in the 90s wen I was a child but recently after I saw them on VH1 in a few countdowns …

Decades after this song was made, it still sticks in my head. Perhaps I am just a nostalgic fiend for old school rap songs. But I suspect that the millions of Slick Rick fans feel the same way about this song. The song “Hey Young …

Overview - Live/Dead is the first live album put out by The Grateful Dead and it certainly allows fans and listeners to get a glimpse into what a live Dead show is like. I’m not sure about other people, but I know the first thing that I noticed when …

—˜Sunday Morning’ is one of the song that can make me cry if I listen it. Its not because the song or the music is so sad and so melodic, the music is in middle up beat, cheer up and enjoyable to listen. So do with the lyrics, its …

This 1999 album was recorded in Hollywood California and in Atlanta Georgia, released just a year after their last “Follow The Leader” and this time features album art by the winner of a contest, 4 different cover art was available, inside there are a bunch of runner ups. The …

In their sophomore effort “Room on Fire”, The Strokes pick up about where things left off. Carrying over from their first album, Gordon Rafael’s decidedly low-fi production (a la Magnetic Fields, Guided By Voices) blends Julian Casablanca’s vocals over the ever-present dueling guitars of Nick Valensi and Albert Hammond, …

Written for the ‘Philadelphia’ soundtrack, the song ‘Streets of Philadelphia’ became one of The Boss’s most popular post 80’s hit singles and won four Grammy Awards as well as an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
‘Streets of Philadelphia’ coincides with the movie ‘Philadelphia’, which features Tom Hanks as attorney …

3005 is a song by Scars On Broadway which appears on their self-titled debut record. Along with Babylon, I would consider this to be one my favorite tracks on the album and I love how Malakian went with quite a different style on this track compared to the rest …

Success is always a dilemma, which is accompanied by the popularity of heavy load, and the burden to continue to be in itself a success. It was a great effort to try to prove by Snow Patrol, in which released an album titled A Hundred Million Sun. Gary Lightbody, …

Barbra Streisand and Yves Montand starred in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, a quirky but really fun movie about a woman with a few unique abilities. It’s also about reincarnation. This is the soundtrack CD from the movie. It’s been digitally remastered and …

Indian Ocean, A band of Indian guys who have composed not more than 50 songs in last 15 years of their existence but trust me each and every one of their song is a treat to the ears.They search for folk music across India and then this music is …

Let me first preface this by saying that Regina Spektor’s “Fidelity” is my favorite music video of all time. Regina Spektor is one of the most adorable recording artists of this generation. She has a voice like no other. In my opinion, she is one of the most talented …

Overview —“ Head Like A Hole, the second music video and single released by Nine Inch Nails for their debut record Pretty Hate Machine goes in a similar direction as the music video for Down In It, but the execution and the overall is much better with Head Like …

Overview - Led Zeppelin I, the first of Led Zeppelin’s albums, is a mix of different genres and influences ranging everywhere from hard rock to blues. This album also introduced to the band and showed just how well each of the members worked together. On their own, Jimmy Page, …

Delta is the newest CD that is released by singer/songwriter Delta Goodrem. The album being released in 2007, has many new and fresh songs by Delta.
I do believe the album is unique to the older ones, I have seen many different styles in the new album. Some of which …

This CD was recommended to me by a friend, I bought it and loved the CD, so I am writing this review in the hope that others will buy it and love it too.
First off it has to be said that there are many singer songwriters out there …

N-A-S those are the letter that spell greatness. Illmatic is regarded by some as one of the greatest albums of all time. To understand how great this album is you would have to take a look at how Nas started his career. At 17 Years old he was already …

Lady Antebellum has been my favorite country music group for going on a year now. I have watched their career sky rocket since the release of their 2009 CD, Need You Now. Now they have given me, and their millions and other fans the best Christmas present ever.
Their …

No More Runnin’ is a song by Animal Collective and the penultimate track on their 2009 studio record, Merriweather Post Pavilion. Opening with an incredibly gentle and melodic sound, No More Runnin’ may have one of the more melodic sections on the entire record, second to perhaps only Bluish. …

Haushinka is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Nimrod. Opening up with a quick rhythm comprised of all three musicians, Armstrong’s vocals soon join in the mix with a simple verse melody which fits well with the music behind him. Though I didn’t love the …

In 1995, Curb Records put out Donny Osmond: 25 Hits CD which is basically exactly what it sounds like, a CD with a collection of 25 songs that were hits for Donny Osmond. A couple of them do include his sister, Marie. They also cover his career …

Jay-Z
“Show Me What You Got”
Kingdom Come
Roc-A-Fella Records
Director: F. Gary Gray
“Show Me What You Got” is the first single and music video from Jay-Z’s ninth album titled “Kingdom Come”. Just when we thought he was out, he came back in. Jay-Z’s previous album, “The Black Album” (2003), was supposed to …

Avery Island/April 1st is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which is the seventh on the track listing of their debut release, On Avery Island. Something to point out about this track is that it’s another instrumental, so this could potentially be slightly discouraging to some listeners. In my …

Artist Name: Jennifer Rush
Album Name: The Best Of
Track Listing:
Track 1: 25 Lovers
Track 2: Destiny
Track 3: Hero Of a Fool
Track 4: Ring Of Ice
Track 5: I Come Undone
Track 6: The Power Of Love
Track 7: Rain Coming Down On Me
Track 8: Love Is The Language Of The Heart
Track 9: Down To …

Recently, my friend bought The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me by Jane Monheit and I went on to listen the songs listed inside too. The first look at the CD cover and I was totally amazed by how pretty and gorgeous Jane is. She has this very nice …

Lonestar is a country band that puts out one hit after the other. It has been a band that I have enjoyed for many years now. They came on the scene with songs like “Walking in Memphis”, “My Front Porch Looking In” and “Not a Day Goes By”. I …

All Alone is a song by The Gorillaz which appears on their record Demon Days. The song opens up with an interesting electronic rhythm which is then accompanied by a vocal section which sings a repetitive chant of “all alone”. Throughout this section of the track the overall mood …

Bounce is a song by System Of A Down which appears on their second album, Toxicity. Right from the start the song is extremely aggressive and Tankian matches the intensity of the music with his own vocal delivery. The track is pretty hectic, although to no extreme sense, it …

Memories is a song by Weezer which appears on their album Hurley. Oddly, the song opens up with an abstract sounding intro before going into the rest of the track which carries the very characteristic Weezer power pop sound. The intro personally seemed a bit disjointed from the rest …

The Downward Spiral is the title track for a record released by Nine Inch Nails. The track starts off with just some noise in the background which gradually grows louder and certainly helps in creating a very dark and eerie mood which is really just rampant throughout this entire …

In The End is a song by Green Day which appears on their album Dookie. The track starts off with a pretty quick riff along with each of the instruments as well as Armstrong’s vocals starting simultaneously. The song has that characteristic punk sound of the band led by …

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Dylan. Apparently this song is a cover which is actually something that I was not aware of, but then again, I do remember that at least a few tracks on Dylan were cover …

I am a huge fan of and specialist in KMFDM music. I have been listening to them for a very long time. I find their music very original, very special and characteristic to them. They created their own style, and they follow by it. But, on this album, this …

Through The Never, another one of the more aggressive songs on The Black Album, isn’t obviously as good as songs from the first four records, but nevertheless another pretty solid track, similar to Holier Than Thou in that respect. Although the vocal melody is pretty catchy on this track …

If your looking for a real classic and raw in your face band check out the band Airbourne. This band is from Sydney, Australia and they have musical inspirations such as Motorhead,ACDC,Iron Maiden and Rose Tattoo. You can tell that they definetely get the most inspiration from ACDC mostly …

Victory is a song by Megadeth which is the closing track of their album Youthanasia. The track starts off with Mustaine singing in an incredibly angry mood along with a bass line and a heavy guitar rhythm which comes in and out of the song. If you’re familiar with …

Look out for this name: Justin Bieber. He’s around 14, I think and this kid will really go far. In fact, he has experience singing and rumors have it that he has or is going to have a singing album coming up soon. I first saw him …

I really like the song Girl Next Door by saving Jane. I think many young girls can relate to it. The song tells about how the popular girls get everything they want and how the other girls get ignored, left out, or pushed to the side. A line that …

Solid Rock is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album Saved. The track opens up in a very rock driven fashion with a generic guitar riff accompanied by a simple guitar rhythm. Dylan quickly comes in with the vocals in a pretty energetic delivery so I’ll …

This is an old CD track, that I browsed through the other night, and was going like “OHHHHHh”. I gushed loudly, as I was missing this track so much, and to finally found it in a box stacked away in my store-room, was like a feeling of meeting …

If I could change something from As I Am by Alicia Keys, it would be the image of her CD album. It is quite oldish looking, but I suppose she wants it that way. Not that bad anyway, but I would prefer the glam Alicia Keys on the …

Rock And Roll is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their album Loaded. Opening up with a fairly quick but empty sounding introduction, the intro makes good use of some nice bass fills, but unfortunately really lacks in a guitar riff to hold my attention. Nevertheless, …

The song Are You Up There has long been one that I’ve enjoyed and loved ever since I first heard it, which, being a big time fan of The Osmonds, has been a very long time. Written by the brothers themselves, Are You Up There asks a question …